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Saina Nehwal went down fighting to Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in the women's singles final of the Denmark Open badminton tournament here on Sunday.The Indian star battled for almost an hour before going down 13-21, 21-13, 6-21 in a marathon match.Saina...

Ace Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu advanced to the quarter-finals of the women's singles competition in the 2018 Asian Games here on Saturday.The 28-year-old Saina registered a straight sets victory over Indonesia's Fitriani Fitriani 21-6,...

Top shuttlers Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu registered contrasting victories in the first round of women's singles matches while the mixed doubles team crashed out of the 18th Asian Games here on Thursday.While Saina swept aside Soraya Aghaeihajiagha of Iran...

London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal slipped a place to move out of the top 10 of the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings released on Thursday.After her loss to Rio gold medallist and reigning world champion Carolina Marin at the Nanjing...

India's star shuttlers P.V. Sindhu and Saina Nehwal retained their positions in women's singles in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings released on Thursday.While Saina skipped last week's Thailand Open, Sindhu made it to the final before losing...

Indian star Saina Nehwal defeated compatriot P.V. Sindhu by straight games to win the women's singles title in the badminton competition at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) here on Sunday.Saina displayed some superb form to clinch a 21-18, 23-21 victory in...

India managed to grab only two spots in the semi-finals of the India Open BWF World Tour 500, with only women's singles star P.V. Sindhu and the mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N. SikkiReddy crossing the...

Men's singles top seed Kidambi Srikanth of India tumbled out of the second round, while the Indian mixed doubles pair of young Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa registered a stunning victory to join P.V. Sindhu and Saina Nehwal in the quarter-finals...

Star Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal stormed into the final, while the men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty bowed out of the $350,000 Indonesia Masters World Tour Super 500 in the semi-final here on Saturday.Saina, the 2012 Olympic...

Spanish badminton star Carolina Marin is on the same page with India's Saina Nehwal, who on Wednesday hit out at the cramped schedule of the Badminton World Federation.Addressing reporters at the launch of the third edition of the Premier Badminton League (PBL),...

Indian shuttlers P.V. Sindhu, Saina Nehwal and H.S. Prannoy advanced to the second round while Parupalli Kashyap and the women's doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N. Sikki Reddy fell in the opening round of the Hong Kong Open Superseries on Wednesday.While...

Star Indian shuttler P.V. Sindhu advanced while Saina Nehwal and H.S. Prannoy bowed out of the China Open World Superseries Premier here on Thursday.Sindhu outplayed Han Yue of China 21-15, 21-13 in 40 minutes to enter the third round.Right from the word...

Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth stunned reigning world champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark to reach the semi-finals, while Saina Nehwal and H.S. Prannoy lost in the quarter-finals of the Denmark Open World Superseries Premier here on Friday.Men's singles eighth...

Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth and H.S. Prannoy entered the second round, while B. Sai Praneeth and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy were eliminated in the opening round of the Denmark Open World Superseries Premier here on Wednesday.Hyderabadi Saina,...

India's star shuttlers Pusarla Venkata Sindhu, Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth were felicitated by Sports Minister Vijay Goel on Thursday for their fine show at the recently concluded Badminton World Championship held at Glasgow.Sindhu settled for silver after...

India's P.V. Sindhu and Saina Nehwal entered the women's singles semi-finals, while Kidambi Srikanth lost in the men's singles quarter-finals of the World Badminton Championships here on Friday.Saina, 12th seed, fought off home favourite and 16th seed Kirsty...

Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth entered the men's singles semi-finals while the star duo of P.V. Sindhu and Saina Nehwal crashed out of the women's singles quarter-finals at the $750,000 Australia Open Superseries badminton tournament here on Friday.Continuing...

Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and B. Sai Praneeth stormed into the semi-finals of the $1,20,000 Thailand Open Grand Prix badminton tournament with contrasting wins in the women's and men's singles quarter-finals, respectively, here on Friday.London Olympics...

Rio Olympic silver medallist P.V. Sindhu defeated Dinar Dyah Ayustine of Indonesia to advance while Saina Nehwal bowed out of the Badminton Asia Championships after she was beaten by Japan's Sayaka Sato in the women's singles here on Wednesday.In a relatively...

Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu sailed into the quarter-finals of the India Open World Superseries badminton championships, while men's singles shuttler Sameer Verma continued his rise even as Kidambi Srikanth exited the competition here on Thursday.Saina posted...

India's campaign at the All England Open Badminton Championships came to an end as women's singles shuttlers P.V. Sindhu and Saina Nehwal suffered defeats in the quarter-finals here on Friday.Sixth seed Sindhu could not muster a challenge against Chinese Taipei's...

London Olympics bronze medallist shuttler Saina Nehwal on Friday said she now feels "stronger, better and lighter" on the court post her successful return from a knee surgery after the 2016 Rio Olympics.Saina was one of India's top contenders for a podium finish...

Star Indian women shuttlers witnessed mixed fortunes with Saina Nehwal bowing out and P.V. Sindhu advancing to the semi-finals of the Hong Kong Open here on Friday.Saina lost her quarter-final match to local girl Ngan Yi Cheung while Sindhu defeated Xiaoyu...